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He's milky white and silky smooth. He's got one name like Potsie or
Gollum. He's got all his life to live and all his love to give, he's
the Shadowman. And he joins us once again to answer the toughest
questions anyone dared ask a two-dimensional logo.

Got a question that you'd like Shadowman to answer? Send your question
without delay to mailto:askshadowman@redhat.com.

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JOIN RED HAT AT THE ENTERPRISE LINUX FORUM CONFERENCE & EXPO

Boston, MA
December 3-4, 2002

Are you looking for a more in-depth understanding of using Linux in large
enterprise deployments? Then join Red Hat and partners like BMC, Computer
Associates, Dell, Egenera, IBM and Oracle at the first Enterprise Linux
Forum Conference & Expo, to be held December 3-4 at the Marriott Copley
Place in Boston, MA. Hear from and meet with Red Hat executives and
technical experts as they roll out Red Hat's new enterprise Linux strategy.
Matthew Szulik, Red Hat Chairman, CEO, and President, will be giving the
opening keynote on December 3rd.

Save up to $300 by Registering Early
As a redhat.com visitor, you are entitled to save up to $300 off the full
conference price. Enter the PRIORITY CODE: 22UTB2 in the space provided
during online registration and receive a $200 discount to attend the event.
Register by November 19th and receive an additional $100 discount when
registering at the early bird rate (Please note that you will be asked for
your priority code on the "Payment" page and your $200 savings will be
reflected on the "Order Summary" page during registration).

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ARE OPEN SOURCE OPERATING SYSTEMS INHERENTLY MORE SECURE?

Red Hat asserts that open source operating systems are inherently more
secure than proprietary alternatives. The Open Source Security Summit,
held on October 28th in Washington, DC, provided an open forum to
discuss how open source technology and processes meet the challenge
of securing networks and computer systems. It included speakers
from the White House Office of Cyberspace Security, DISA, and the
CERTA Coordination Center, among others. If you weren't able
to attend the Security Summit in person, you can still learn more
about the issues discussed at the event.

Dorothy, we're not in Kansas anymore.... Oh wait, we actually ARE in Kansas.

On October 31st, Red Hat launched the Red Hat Road Tour 2002. Four men. Two
weeks. One RV. And one big country. As we pick up the story, our intrepid
explorers are now a full week into their trip across America. If you haven't
been following their adventures on redhat.com, well, you are in desperate
need of an update.

InfoWorld: Red Hat tailors a snug fit
"Arguing that Linux is not a viable desktop candidate is no longer valid.
With the 8.0 release of its self-named Linux adaptation, Red Hat has proven
that all the Linux desktop needs now is adoption by business-applications
developers." http://a.chtah.com/a/tA9yv9wAJPSNNAK...Kr-FUEq/redh17

LinuxPlanet.com: Red Hat 8.0 Past the Hype and Under the Hood "Red Hat 8 is
a fine desktop Linux, with its usual excellent manuals, and a nice selection
of useful applications. It's stable and sprightly on both test machines.
Like all Linuxes, it is light-years ahead of Windows and Mac in features
and stability. And best of all, it is still a real Linux--completely
customizable, no proprietary gotchas." http://a.chtah.com/a/tA9yv9wAJPSNNAK...Kr-FUEq/redh19

Get the inside track on this new certification designed for those
supporting Linux systems. Find out how Red Hat's RHCE Program has
expanded to include new performance-based certification for Linux
technicians.

David Mosberger, Linux kernel author and a senior research scientist
at HP Labs, will explore the areas where the massive parallelism and native
64-bit addressability of the new Intel Itanium 2 architecture will have the
greatest impact. The contribution of Linux on Itanium 2-based systems will
be compared with earlier architectures that support Linux. The online event
will include tips on getting the best performance for applications on
Itanium 2-based systems. It will also include a review of HP's new Itanium
2-based systems.

This webinar, hosted by HP, will have a special focus on the use of
Itanium 2-based Linux systems for computational analysis, as in university
computing environments. The event will include a review of the Ohio
Supercomputer Center's plans for implementation and use of a supercomputer
based on the Itanium 2-based HP Workstation zx6000.

Managing security risk is a two part process: Understanding the affects
of a vulnerability and then patching systems to avoid threats. Learn
about emerging industry standards for vulnerability reporting and
assessment like CVE and Responsible Disclosure Process. Find out how
Red Hat Network keeps enterprise systems secure through automated
alerts and centralized management.

Participants will learn how companies are deploying and using Linux, as well
as exploring Linux and open source career options. Special discounts on Red
Hat training will be offered, as well as pre-assessment, advice on Linux
careers, and orientation on Red Hat training classes.

One of the long standing requests for the Linux platform has been the
interoperability or porting of popular PC games to the Linux platform.
Unreal Tournament, Quake and Doom have all run natively, and Neverwinter
Nights has a Linux client in the works.

Strategy, role playing, first person shooters are the staple of a desktop
gaming platform. What about Linux? A company called TransGaming
(http://a.chtah.com/a/tA9yv9wAJPSNNAK...Kr-FUEq/redh34) has risen to that call with a product called WineX. It takes the community
version of wine and maps DirectX controls against OpenGL.

The result is that well over 150 of your favorite PC games are working on
Linux and TransGaming fully supports a significant portion of those, with
more added each month. Today's hottest titles, such as Warcraft III,
Grand Theft Auto 3, Civilization III, Diablo II, Black and White,
Jedi Knight II, Counter Strike, Rainbow 6 are either fully supported
or have anecdotal confirmation. And the list goes on. Look for the full
list of supported games at TransGaming's site, as well as a database
of games listed by degree of stability.

Through Jan. 15, HP is offering special promotional pricing on Itanium 2-
based HP Workstation zx2000 and zx6000 systems bundled with Red Hat Linux
Advanced Server. Both of these systems deliver SPECfpbase_2000
of over 1,000 and are the lowest-priced systems in this performance
class.

In last month's UTB contest, we asked you to write up your most heartfelt
8.0 testimonial, telling us what you like and don't like about Red Hat Linux
8.0. We will be publishing some of the entries on redhat.com in the near
future, but here are the highlights.

Some of the best comments, both positive and constructive, came from this
month's winner Brian B. who also wooed us with this compliment: "The polish
and professionalism associated with your product increases with each
release." Thanks Brian, enjoy your t-shirt.

A few other highlights:

Pedro B. wrote "...the new interface...it's fantastic. It's more user
friendly, easy to use, and the icons are cool."

Matthew S. wrote "thanks for making a great desktop, a slick new interface,
and much more stable environment, then making [it] so easy to install and
manage that anyone (family included) can install it."

Blaine G. wrote "It installed fast, and worked right the first time. It
also found all of my hardware which almost put me on the floor. Then I
started it into X and the look on my face must have been amazing. I am so
pleased with how far it has come in design, usability and looks in the last
couple years. I am currently trying to learn everything I can about Linux
and I'm hoping to switch to it as the main OS between me and everyone I
know. Hopefully in about 2 years I will be sitting taking my
RHCE and passing. Keep working on everything! It is so awesome!
THANK YOU!!"

James D. wrote: "I'm very very impressed. I've been a long time GNU/Linux
User, primarily as servers, and on and off as a desktop OS. There has always
been issues that have prevented me from adopting it as a full time desktop
OS. With RH8 I believe all those issues have been solved. Hats off to you
guys for raising the bar for all Linux distros."

Kevin M wrote: "Red Hat [Linux] 8.0 has given new life to some old
computers... I think it is time to get Red Hat into our public education
system..."

Thanks for all of your comments.

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UNDER THE BRIM CONTEST 38: A T-SHIRT IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

As we mentioned last month, the newest official Red Hat t-shirts are now
available in our online store.

Pretty cool, huh? But let us guess... you have an idea for a Red Hat t-shirt
that would be even better. You are in luck. For this month's Under the Brim
contest, we challenge you to take your humble thoughts, words, and images
and gather them together into one clever and concise idea for an offical Red
Hat t-shirt. Then send it to: mailto:feedback@redhat.com.
The person who submits the best idea will win both of the new Red Hat
shirts. If it is really good, your idea may be soon be plastered on
the bellies and backs of geeks everywhere. Good luck.